Michael Otey

VMware CTO Ray O’Farrell led off the VMworld 2018 day 2 keynote with a series of demos illustrating how a fictional Tanzu Tees company could answer today’s development and IT challenges using VMware’s technology.

VMworld is happening this week and if you need a brief of everything announced on day one, we have you covered.

There are two critical components of all disaster recovery (DR) plans: backup and recovery. Backup lays the foundation of all DR plans and the recovery aspect determines how quickly your operation can be restored to nominal activity.

Protecting core infrastructure components like SQL Server is certainly one of the database professional first priorities. However, for those businesses still running SQL Server 2008/R2, that’s become a problem.

We hear ‘edge’ a lot, from browsers to data centers but here is what you need to know about edge computing.

Ransomware attacks are on the rise and as many cities have recently learned, if you don’t have an air-gapped backup, you may not be protected.

Anthos is definitely about modernization. While it may take Google some time to gain enterprise traction I think this move clearly shows that seamless hybrid cloud and multi-cloud connectivity is the wave of the future.

Running VMs in the cloud has become a big part of the modernization of IT infrastructure for most businesses. However, even though those VMs that are in the cloud, the backup mechanisms that they use to provide disaster recovery (DR) capabilities are essentially the same as they would use for on-premise VMs. They often use legacy technologies that require a lot of resources and are difficult to scale.

his new partnership underscores that Azure is Microsoft’s priority going forward and their new open attitude is all about enabling Microsoft to extend Azure’s reach. Let’s take a closer look at what Microsoft and VMware’s new partnership means for the hybrid cloud.

While there’s no doubt that the use of the cloud and containers are rapidly growing, the reality is that server virtualization is and will remain the core technology for running the vast majority of enterprise applications in the foreseeable future.

While the security and redundancy provided with hybrid cloud setups is clearly documented, it’s important to keep these risk-factors in mind as you design your new environment.

VMware announced a new set of updates for their vRealize Cloud Management platform aimed at providing a unified control plane for local infrastructure and multi-cloud management.